At 18, Katie Stubblefield lost her face. At 21, she became the youngest person in the U.S. to undergo the still experimental surgery. Follow her incredible story.
This creates a very strong pull on any nearby person or structural surface after the initial push effect of the blast has been delivered. As this void is refilled, it creates a high-intensity wind that causes fragmented objects, glass and debris to be drawn back in toward the source of ...
The principle at work is actually quite simple. At its heart, a piece of bullet-proof material is just a very strong net. To see how this works, think of a soccer goal. The back of the goal consists of a net formed by many long lengths of tether, interlaced with each other and ...
That despair rises from disparity is a theme as old as history, and that the duty of the strong is to help the weak is an obligation as rooted as morality itself. Hammurabi, ruler of Babylonia almost two thousand years before Christ, listed the protection of widows and orphans as an ...
It makes a difference if the case is straight or slightly crimped. The problem with making blanks for revolvers is if they are not strong enough the gun will jam. The primer backs out and doesn’t seat back into the case which will stop the cylinder from turning. The only way to ...
A layer of the thickest model, CC13, which "inflates" to half an inch after hydration, stopped 50 percent of .22-caliber steel projectiles traveling at 675 mph during impact tests. Still, Kiesling says you can't be completely certain the material will withstand all tor...
if the gun is unwieldy, the recoil is too much for you, or you simply do not feel comfortable with it. I promise you,a .22 caliber bullet (one of the smaller bullets out there) can be just as deadlyas a hand grenade in the right situation. I mean, the end result is, well…...
The truth is out there, these days it’s a little harder to find. Things are never how they seem.
Advance preparation includes being sure your songs are as strong as they can be, and are indeed worthy and ready to be recorded. For those still honing their songwriting chops this can be achieved by getting professional input prior to scheduling the recording session. You will also need to de...
The analog output of the AirPort Express is excellent. I use it to feed my HiFi and it sounds great. Unless you want to use a DAC of the caliber of a Benchmark DAC HDR, don't waste your money on $300 consumer DACs; the AirPort's own internal DAC is as good or better. You're...